G'day from another Aussie

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er. G'day Folks,

I'm Doc, though my Birth certificate reads Ross, I just prefer Doc...
I'm 23, from Sydney, Australia, and was acutally diagnosed with Attention Deficet Hyperactive Disorder at the age of 8, however at the age of 15 I was diagnosed with High IQ Aspergers, unfortunately because of the previous diagnosis, I did not recieve any of the assistance that would have been available to an 'Aspie' growing up.

I am an avid reader, particularly of science Fiction, war and Detective stories (though I swear Sherlock Holmes was an Aspie). I am also a writer/blogger, currently working on both my first book, and my blog which recently peaked 8 thousand views in the 6 months its been in operation XD. When I'm not writing, I enjoy video games, and playing Warhammer 40K. I would say that my 'obsessions' are Naval engagements of WW2 (Pacific specifically) and my lovely partner for 5 years.

While personally I do not play sports, I have been an active Sports Trainer/Medic, for the last 3 years (Where the Doc moniker comes from), a member of St John Ambulance as a First Responder for 3 as well, and is currently in the process of becoming a certified Assistant in Nursing.

While I dont really like talking about myself, but I hope to get to know many of you

aussies are cool!
"doc" kinda adds "the dot above the i" as we say here

welcome doc!

thanks for the welcome

I guess I'm going to have to learn this Dot above the i thing, cause well I dont get humour

Welcome greetings, Doc, to the Wrong Planet community.

thanks JetLag, I hope that I fit in here better than I do on other forums

oh sorry my bad, when i say "here" i mean... norway :I hahah

"dot above the i" is an expression as to "complete a picture"

Oh I get it now.

I still find it interesting, that after all these years, studying medicine, and in particular Aspergers, just how they missed it, much like how I missed that Joke.

I know a few people from Norway, how is the region this time of year?

Hi, Doc, and welcome. I hope you'll feel at home here. I do.

thanks for the kind welcome OddFinn, judging by how this are already, I'm pretty sure I will feel welcome here

its finally good to be able to come to a place and not have to explain myself

That's good, isn't it?

Not to worry that some random person gets insulted and you had no clue why...

That and wondering just why exactly were people making odd comments in threads I start.

ah well, its good to be 'home'

its actually surprisingly hot. im in the middle part, the south must be boiling, i know its sunny all over.

we've had upto 90F/30C which is pretty rare up here

wow, thats almost like what we are experiencing here for the time being,

despite the fact that we are supposed to be in winter, we have been having temps for well in excess of 23C

yeah i know, we had upto 35, thats like a normal summer day in spain

only the sun hits at a much lower angle, im telling you, i rather have 40C shining down at the top of my head, warming the air
than 25C hitting from the side, burning my skin

yeeuk

that must suck immensly

no doubt its always in your face.

and dont you guys already have extended periods of sunshine anyway?

you must be thinking about the summer night sun, yep. norway's long tho, very long, so in the southernmost, at the lightest point, youll get like a nice evening shadow during the night. up here, youll get like a nice afternoon feel throughout the night, even birds singing (poor birds )

up at the northernmost you can actually see the famous "midnight sun"

you can to the south too, only the planet's southern hemisphere is mostly filled w sea. look at a globe, youll see how whats sea in the south is eurasia in the north. i guess argentinean tierra-del-fuego and southern chile would experience midnight sun, but ive never heard about it specifically.